Best Song of 2003: Heat #4

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Dizzee, Outkast, Xtina, Sean Paul and the Lil' Jon posse all through. I'm superbusy today so without further ado, on to heat #4!

• You get SIX TICKS over the three bits of the poll, unless you played the investigation game on the previous heat and told us all your new favourite (and why). Put your new favourite in the box below and get an extra tick for the next heat - do this on five or more of the eight heats and get an extra nomination slot for 2004! (thx to credoimprobus for this suggestion)



• The top five in each heat will go through to the next stage. Make sure you rep for your faves in the comments!



• If you want to fill in the 'best song I only heard today' box later, change your vote (or tick too many by mistake), you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'.



• You have until Tuesday lunchtime to vote

[Poll #1481587]

*Apologies to Nivea for me forgetting to re-sort the spreadsheet - 'Don't Mess With My Man' will go in the next heat.


Extra tick for this heat goes to koganbot.

Comments

Cross-dressing just isn't my thing

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

I'd be very pleasantly surprised if this got through, but here goes - this is my nomination for this round, Violent Delight...

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

My contribution to this heat was Play's "I Must Not Chase the Boys", so for reference, here it is. Catchy pre-teen pop melody, with nice bouncy instrumentation and lyrics. I don't generally like Play, but this one is a personal favorite (so is "Disco Hippie"):



This video is ridiculous. It takes itself way too seriously.

Ich und Elaine

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Doing this 'deaf and blind' so to speak but this should be the club mix (or an extract thereof). One of the highlights of Tiga's DJ-Kicks mix:



If I find a better/longer version, will delete this and re-post.

Re: Ich und Elaine

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I like it! The guitar sample almost sounds like.... 'Eurodisco' by Bis!

Bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

As if we needed reminding, here's 100 reasons why 'Ignition - Remix' is so damned great (http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=18110)

Re: Bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Is 'Ewan's dancing' on the list?

But you know it ain't easy to say that everything's okay

[credoimprobus]

For the record: I Luv You = totes my runner-up single of the year.

That said, everyone needs to listen to Wesley Clarke's It'll Be Okay! Lovely, warm comfort bosh, with great little repeating vocal collage woven through the track alongside the main vocal. (Here's a zshare backup as well if divshare gives anyone crap.)

Miserabilists

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

Johnny Cash - Hurt (39)
5 (35.7%)
WTF?

And why are so many of you not voting for The Darkness?

Re: Miserabilists

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Because we're all sick to death of it?

Re: Miserabilists

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

Come on ppl, why are supposed 'poptimists' voting for a miserabilist dirge like 'Hurt', especially with all these great pop songs to choose from in this heat?

Where is Lex when we need him

[koganbot]

As I write, "In Da Club" is tied with The Darkness and The Caesars for fifth. Hmmmmmm.

(Of course, at the moment I've got The Caesars ticked too.)

Re: Where is Lex when we need him

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

Caesars being in this list is unfortunate. It's a great song, and it'll probably miss out. If it had been included in 2005, when it was actually a top 10 hit, on the other hand...

it's a DAMN COLD NIGHT

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

It's not often you'll catch me on this tip, but how has Girls Aloud's worst record by several country miles got more votes than Avril's best record by a similar margin?

Re: it's a DAMN COLD NIGHT

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Presumably because Girls Aloud at their worst are still more loved by Poptimists than Avril at her best!

Re: it's a DAMN COLD NIGHT

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Be fair - it's their 2nd worst record (behind 'Walk This Way').

But yes, their ticks should be distributed elsewhere. I mean, look what Cheryl's wearing in the video:

Re: it's a DAMN COLD NIGHT

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Love the Avril to bits, more than a couple of my ticks, if I thought it had a chance I'd have voted for it, but this was a tough heat and tacticality prevailed.

Re: it's a DAMN COLD NIGHT

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Oh I'd TOTALLY forgotten this one. I don't even like Avril tbh, but this one is a classic.

Soz Cat Power.

I like my girlfriend, but...

[koganbot]

I love this bar (embedding disabled, unfortunately).

Re: I like my girlfriend, but...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Crap, I missed that. Sorry Phixx, your tick is DITCHED.

Tho 'Hold On Me' is brilliant boyband electropop that really deserves more of a footnote in history other than 'dudes who weren't good enough to make it into One True Voice':



(video slightly NSFW if yr work doesn't like nubile young men all b0nd4ged-up)(otherwise it is awesome)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I FVCKING HATE 50 Cent and consider him a blight upon the musical landscape but let's be honest here: if you can listen to In Da Club and not find yourself vaguely swaggering and with a sudden desire for very expensive drinks then, well, you're probably more than a bit wrong.

100 reasons why 'In Da Club' is a bit rubbish

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

1. He's drinking Bacardi like a BIG GURL
2. He only sings two notes throughout (the other one is in the 'come' of 'come give me a hug')
3. SENSITIVE THUGS Y'ALL NEED PUGS HUGS = much better song about rappers being given hugs
4. Very boring to sing at karaoke
5. Video features Dre & Eminem but they do not feature on the song = that's what guest spots are FOR
6. Who the hell would want to clone 50 Cent anyway?
7. Who the hell is Charlotte etc

Will!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Arrrrgh this looks in danger of not qualifying! C'mon dudes, Leave Right Now is AMAZING on all levels. It's not embeddable tho, boo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3wNhFaxFDA).

'Please explain why you're opening up a healing wound again' arrrrrrrrgh it is one of the best breakup/reconciliation trauma songs ever. His ex is offering to get back together with him, but even though he would LOVE to go back out with them, Will knows that it's going to end in disaster all over again. Not enough songs are written about this!

Bhangra Knights vs Husan

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

I really rather liked this at the time. Pasting here because no-one's repped for it yet.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

This poll sees me ticking lots of people I don't normally like, for clear career-best tracks. Hmm.

These days I can't go nowhere

[credoimprobus]

C'mon, do I need to remind everyone how EARTH-SHATTERING this is? Still one of Dizzee's best ever.

Re: These days I can't go nowhere

[weasel-seeker.livejournal.com]

Indeed! A staggering announcement of purpose and pretty much the first thing I heard of him in North America. Game-changing.

Aaagh

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Both "I Luv You" and "Leave Right Now" must get through. I'd probably have to abstain if they went head to head.